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Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

An abanoned phosphate quarry/mine located 5 km NE of Angaston.



References:
- Segnit, E. R., Watts, J. A. & Peisley, V. (1981): Mineralogy of the rock phosphate deposit at Moculta, South Australia. Austral. Mineral. 1 (35), 179-186.
- Henderson, W. A., jr. & Peisley, V. (1985): Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry near Angaston, South Australia. Mineral. Rec. 16, 477-480.
- Kampf A.R. (1977). Minyulite: its atomic arrangement, American Mineralogist, 62, 256-262.
- Mills, S. J. (2003): A note on perhamite from the Moculta (Klemms) phosphate quarry, South Australia. Austral. J. Mineral. 9, 43-45.





Map Reference: 34°31'S , 139°3'E

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Mineral List:
Aldermanite (TL)
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
Baryte
Beraunite
Cacoxenite
Calcioferrite
Childrenite
Crandallite
Cyrilovite
Dufrénite
Fluellite
Goethite
Gorceixite
Halloysite
Hausmannite ?
Hematite
Jarosite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Meurigite-Na
Minyulite
Muscovite
Perhamite
Phosphophyllite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite ?
Quartz
Rockbridgeite
Saponite
Strengite
Thomsonite-Ca
Variscite
Vermiculite
Vivianite
Wavellite


37 entries listed. 33 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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